Web of Belief

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:author gptkb:Willard_Van_Orman_Quine
J. S. Ullian
gptkbp:category philosophy books
epistemology literature
gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:hasConcept beliefs form a network rather than a hierarchy
holism in epistemology
rejection of foundationalism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Web of Belief
gptkbp:influencedBy logical empiricism
pragmatism
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0394309444
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableIdea confirmation holism
underdetermination of theory by evidence
web metaphor for knowledge
gptkbp:notableQuote Our statements about the external world face the tribunal of sense experience not individually but only as a corporate body.
gptkbp:predecessor Quine's "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"
gptkbp:publicationYear 1970
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Random_House
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism
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gptkbp:subject gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quine's_Philosophy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8